You'll Be OUTRAGED When You Learn Why a Teacher Called This 4-Year-Old Child "Evil"

Oklahoma mother Alisha Sands has always known her 4-year-old son, Zayde, was a lefty, just like her. "From picking things up to throwing things, to batting, to writing, to just coloring […], he's always, always used his left hand," Sands said.

But as she was helping Zayde, who just started Pre-K, with his homework recently, Sands realized something strange. Her son had suddenly started writing with his right hand instead of his dominant left. When she asked her son why he had switched hands, and if a teacher has ever said anything about his left-hand usage, the boy held up his left hand and said, "This one's bad."

The teacher allegedly sent along this PediatricEducation.org article about hand dominance in small children. The article notes that in many western cultures, left-handedness is often associated with "evil," "unluckiness" and "the devil." While the article lists these pieces of information as interesting cultural beliefs, it seems as if Zayde's teacher actually believed the child was "sinister" because of his left-hand dominance.

Sands brought her complaint to the superintendent of her school district, but the teacher got off scot-free. Sands explained, "There was no suspension of any kind. There was basically nothing done to this teacher." Sands said that when the teacher was asked why she had sent the article along, the teacher said that she thought Sands needed "literature" on the subject.

Zayde will most likely transfer to another class two months into the school year, and Sands plans to file a formal complaint with the Oklahoma Board of Education.